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Oh, this makes me happy
Nov. 24th, 2010 04:22 pmFirst, watch this fucking awesome woman tell off a Subway creep. Basically, dude kept rubbing on her in an uncrowded subway car, and she let him have it with both barrels. Specifically, she said her night was done to drag him to the police station.
In a glorious update, Creepo McNakedwang has been charged with forcible touching, public lewdness, and sex abuse.
Being new to mass public transit, I'm still getting used to the fact that sometimes, whether I want it or not, I'm going to bump into someone or someone else is gonna bump into me. It's the basic nature of a bunch of people trying to hold still in a moving tin can. I'm glad to see what I've always planned as my reaction to a Creepo (flipping shit and staying rational), fucking works.
That being said, I'd like to point out a damn good piece of advice from Jezebel:
Since we posted the video, tens of thousands of women have hailed this woman as a hero. It's not that there's necessarily one best way to react to these forms of assault — in her case, actual contact being made beyond just "jerkflashing" — and women shouldn't blame themselves for choosing a different response in the terror of the moment.
Just because I know I've got it in me to flip shit rationally doesn't mean someone else in a similar situation has to respond the same. And I think different levels of violation call for different levels of response. Honestly, if some guy just flashed junk at me without touching me? I'd probably fall over laughing at the ridiculousness of it.
(Also, this post means new tags. Yay! (God, I am such a dork.))
In a glorious update, Creepo McNakedwang has been charged with forcible touching, public lewdness, and sex abuse.
Being new to mass public transit, I'm still getting used to the fact that sometimes, whether I want it or not, I'm going to bump into someone or someone else is gonna bump into me. It's the basic nature of a bunch of people trying to hold still in a moving tin can. I'm glad to see what I've always planned as my reaction to a Creepo (flipping shit and staying rational), fucking works.
That being said, I'd like to point out a damn good piece of advice from Jezebel:
Since we posted the video, tens of thousands of women have hailed this woman as a hero. It's not that there's necessarily one best way to react to these forms of assault — in her case, actual contact being made beyond just "jerkflashing" — and women shouldn't blame themselves for choosing a different response in the terror of the moment.
Just because I know I've got it in me to flip shit rationally doesn't mean someone else in a similar situation has to respond the same. And I think different levels of violation call for different levels of response. Honestly, if some guy just flashed junk at me without touching me? I'd probably fall over laughing at the ridiculousness of it.
(Also, this post means new tags. Yay! (God, I am such a dork.))
